A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support.

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for support under the E-rate program, which provides discounted telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2958 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2958

To require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision 
      of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2018

Mr. Udall (for himself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision 
      of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. E-RATE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL BUS WI-FI.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``school bus'' means a 
passenger motor vehicle that is--
            (1) designed to carry a driver and not less than 5 
        passengers; and
            (2) used significantly to transport early child education, 
        elementary school, or secondary school students to or from 
        school or an event related to school.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
conduct a rulemaking to make the provision of Wi-Fi access on school 
buses eligible for support under the E-rate program of the Commission 
set forth under subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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